the plants are still bone dry! The blasted yellow plastic piping or whatever you call it has decided it won't stay in the connector once I turn the outside tap on. I've got one of those curly Hozelock...
I need to provide a visual screen between my patio and my neighbours garden. The screen needs to be about 2 metres wide and 2.5/3 metres high. My thoughts are to grow bamboos in two 1 metre troughs,...
What do I need to do with an Iris that has not had any flowers on it this year? ...and.... How do I know when my winter flowering pansies have had enough? They are still flowering profusely but surely...
Sat watching a crow clambering around my neighbour's lilac tree earlier this evening. I wondered what on earth it was doing until I saw it break off a dead twig and fly off with it. Back 10 minutes...
I'm Ok at gardening but don't know the names of many plants. We get a lot of rain and I like the look of the small container ponds shown in many permaculture-type websites and magazines. I wonder if...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-32579671 Another good reason why I don't sun-bathe ( additional to the awful sight of a 18 stone man stripping off on the beach, of course ! ) Be careful out there !...
Just found hundreds of minuet yellow spiders with a black spot on them, they are on a recently bought plant. Any ideas as to that they are? Are they good guys or bad guys?
Hi, I had to take an acacia tree down in my garden earlier this year and now have quite a few logs to split up . Has anybody used a wedge hand wood splitter ? I have had a look at some of the reviews...
Some of my older winter flowering heathers have not this year been up to their previous years abundance of flowers. They have become rather bushy and I would appreciate some advice on how best to...
I planted some seeds and covered with cling film to help germinate. When I have just checked there are hundreds of tiny flies in there - some have now escaped. What shall I do? I have about 6 small...
I am trying to grow a bay tree in a large pot. I bought it as a plug, and it now measures 2ft appx. I have noticed some of the veins in the leaves have turned a rusty brwn colour - also gets sticky on...
"Remember as days get colder animals are attracted to the warmth of cars so check wheel arches or other hiding places."
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MOH has just brought home 2 lovely pink Hydrangeas. she wants me to put them into larger pots. the plastic pots they are currently in, are about 8 inches across and 6 inches deep. We do have 2 spare...
Can anyone identify the pest/disease that is affecting my apple tree. The underside of leaves are covered in a scattering of tiny orange coloured eggs. I've trawled garden sites, but can't find...
Earlier this year (Spring time) we were surprised to find sparrows occupying the bird box fixed to the wall of our house.Eventually after all the nesting, feeding etc, and the young birds had flown,...
Does any keen gardener know what this plant is please ,at the moment it is about a foot high, has thin spikey leaves and there is some sort if flower forming about half way down the leaf....
My busy lizzies seem to have some kind of very fine creeper crawling over them. No apparent roots just fine tendrils winding round the stems with little nodules.
Any ideas please?...
